News October 1996

Bowie News for October 1996

October 26, 1996: Well, Bowie did as some had suggested and
sang Fashion as the first of a
two song set. Then, he went into a rocking version of Little
Wonder from the
Earthling album. You can see the a full replay of the awards
(Bowie is the second the last segment, about 1:45 into the show) on
VH-1 this weekend at 1 p.m. EST on Saturday, and 7 p.m. EST on Sunday.
You can also see and hear clips from the show
on this page.

October 25, 1996: Fresh from the VH-1 interview, you can
be one of the first to hear a sound clip of Little Wonder
from the upcoming Earthling
album.

October 24, 1996: During his interview on
Fashion Hour: David Bowie, David confirmed that after
Earthling, there would be
two
additional albums released in the following six months!
He also said he would be involved in some stage work as well, and
that there would be "lots of stuff" happening around the
release of Earthling.
You can read all about it in the
VH-1 interview
transcript.

October 23, 1996: Helen of Connecticut (Heleng@Uconnvm.Uconn.edu)
is hereby acknowledged as the rightful rumour-mongerer responsible for
the Pacific tour rumours. So there.

October 22, 1996: Bowie will be on a special two hour show on
VH-1 called Fashion Hour: David
Bowie, to be shown Thursday, October 24, 1996 - 12:00 p.m.
PST. Synopsis is "Bowie discusses fashion, his career, his age
and his wife, supermodel Iman".

October 13, 1996: Radio station Live-105 (actually 105.3FM) in the
Bay Area will be playing a "preview" of the upcoming
Bridge benefit concerttoday, Sunday 13 October at 10 p.m. PDT. Not
exactly certain what this means, but since they've been playing
Rebel Rebel and Fame as the promos, there's a high
likelihood they don't have much clue of what he's really going to play.
(Information from Live-105 promos)

October 13, 1996: Rumours still circulate about upcoming
Bowie shows in England, and also a trip to the South Pacific. But so
far, these all appear to be just speculation. (Information from
Patti)

October 12, 1996: According to information from Bowie's
publicist, Bowie's concert at Shoreline, Mountain View, California,
Oct 19 and 20, will feature just himself, Reeves Gabrels and Gail-Ann
Dorsey. So who's going to play drums?? (Information from
Patti via the guestbook)

October 11, 1996: It's rumoured that Bowie will be singing
two songs at the VH-1 Fashion Show Awards to be held 24
October, and broadcast 25 October. For non-US readers VH-1
is an music channel, sort of like MTV except actually with music :-)
(Information once again from the imdomitable Patti and VH-1)

October 4, 1996: VH-1 will also
be reshowing on October 23Ziggy
Stardust - The Motion Picture, the documentary of Ziggy's final
concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. For all your new Bowie fans, this
is a chance to see the original "glam-rocker" who shocked
America.